6.9% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moriac · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moriac
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Moriac as of 2021, with the figure falling 7.5 percentage points since 2011. This small locality is now heavily rooted in Australian and British heritage, with nearly 90% of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 45.6%, followed closely by English at 43.8%. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, making up 14.0% and 12.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 89.9% of residents, with England the most common overseas birthplace at 3.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Moriac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221049/moriac/topic/ancestry-heritage